Rebirth of the Marquis' Di Daughter

CHAPTER 8: Stirs a muddy pot of porridge!

          Li Shì is right in a fit of anger, threw down to open her hand, turned her head and commanded the servant: "Go quickly!"

          Ouyang Nuan in a glance saw the deathly pale complexion of Ouyang Ke, not easy to sense is the slight hook at the corner of her mouth.

          Ouyang Zhi just recently sent off the guests from the anteroom. This servant at Lǎo Tài Tai's side came to call, seems as if most urgent. He hurriedly arrived at Sōng zhú yuàn. As soon as he entered the door, to go and see the dark face of Lǎo Tài Tai, immediately became cautious and solemn: "Lǎo Tài Tai this is, what happened? Who dared to provoke you to get angry?" He said, having slightly a blaming look at the wife and daughters at the side.

          Li Shì pointed at that two yā tou kneeling down at the hall, displeased and said: "You ask and question your good fù rén. This Sōng zhú yuàn is quickly overturned by those group of unruly things. What did she do to manage the household as a zhǔ mǔ, neither punish or discipline well!"

          Ouyang Zhi was taken aback: "What does this mean? Just, what is going on?"

          Lin Shì immediately began to use a small handkerchief to cover up her face, like raindrops on a pear blossom, love, sincerity, and appearance is very much blaming herself: "Lǎo ye, I am entirely no good, recently was occupied with Nuan er's matter of falling ill, has unexpectedly overlooked on Jue er, these servants of the inner courtyard are even more unseemly and offended Lǎo Tài Tai."

           Ouyang Nuan need not to open her own mouth, actually, Li Shì got angry first: "Your meaning is Nuan er should not have saved Jue er? Or you this stepmother unable to make ends meet and not have the skill to manage well the inner courtyard!"

          Zhang mā ma at the side saw Lǎo Tài Tai getting angry and face white, immediately said: "Lǎo ye, also cannot blame for Lǎo Tài Tai getting angry. Today, it is rare to come here to appreciate this scenery, the mood is all terribly affected by this group of villains. Xin mā ma, still not speaking honestly!"

          Originally Xin mā ma just loathes these group of yā tou and xiǎo sī, anyway she couldn't escape her own responsibility. Might as well come all out and even more shall provide them added interest: "Lǎo ye, both these yā tou dare not do any work during the day, only plays in the flower garden. The garden is not taken care of, the house is not cleaned up, major event and small situation are all ordered to do but still not moving, still stayed idle to chat and to incite a quarrel, I spoke to them a few words, all went against it and answered back!"

          Ouyang Zhi somewhat glanced at Lin Shì with a suspicious look, Ouyang Nuan at the side smiled and said: "Xin mā ma, do not talk nonsense, Mother decided to pick the most talented person possible for the benefit of younger brother, they are now like this, the reason is that you have not managed them well."

          Xin mā ma also began wiping tears, said: "Eldest Miss, I have not talked nonsense. This inner courtyard's yā tou and xiǎo sī are accustomed to leisure, Eldest young master's age is young and does not know. Those two young yā tou, one eye is higher than the sky, actually dared to look at Master's face! Especially that one, Liu er, at that time when she came in, said to not know who promised her the future shào ye and grow up to become yí niáng, increasingly thought of her own grandeur........."

          As soon as Li Shì heard it, her eyes turned red with anger, almost managed to not faint on the spot: "What things, how big is Jue er's ability, how fortunate they also thought to obtain results!"

          "There is actually this kind of thing?!" Ouyang Zhi was shocked.

          Lin Shì ruthlessly stared at Xin mā ma, wished to butcher her on the spot, but now this situation how she said in a sentence that it's all her mistake, cannot help her finger to severely pinch the cushion on the chair as if to dig a hole in it.

          On the other hand, in Ouyang Ke's heart, she is secretly worried, reluctantly smiled and said: "Father do not be anxious, is merely some minor matters. To turn around to lecture next to those unsensible yā tou, there exactly is no need to get angry! Xin mā ma also, you are in charge of work mó mo. Nú bì, it is important to hit and scold yet not a word spoken are you perhaps softhearted, to make these yā tou see you as easy to bully?"

          Several sentences of softly spoken words, they want to bring things to the past. Ouyang Nuan still sneered at the side, in the end, she considered flattering to pat the horse's leg, Zǔ mǔ like this only Sūn Zi, treated as a darling treasure, how could she not be affected by the disturbance, how possibly to have everything in disorder of this yā tou wanting to be in the position of the so-called yí niáng, even more, need not say that younger brother is only ten years old and this yā tou right away have kept this kind of despicable thoughts. It was equal to giving Zǔ mǔ a slap on the face in front of everybody, how could she possibly leave the matter at that!

          Li Shì is really angry, heavily slap a palm of the hand on the table, raised her voice and said: "What are these words, what are you calling trivial matter? Wicked slave deceiving the master, don't tell me that the family principles of the Ouyang family are in this bad condition?!"

          Ouyang Zhi suddenly frowned, demanded to ask Lin Shì and said: "How do you looked after it, inside Jue er's house became noisy like this, you are also not in the least concerned?"

          Lin Shì felt wronged and said: "I believed that the child is older, I cannot always get involved in everything......."

          She has not yet finished saying her words, was interrupted by Ouyang Zhi's stern voice: "Who is older, Jue er is only a few years old, you also do not help control the slaves, just at one side watching a play?!"

          There was fire showing over there, Ouyang Nuan, however, is calmly watching, not batting an eyelid.

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Was able to finish ch 8! Yay! 😆 again thanks for the support even though it takes me like forever to finish a chapter... 😅 

fū ren - lady; madam; Mrs.

Lǎo ye - (respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather

zhǔ - owner; master; main

mǔ - mother; elderly female relative

yā tou - girl; servant girl;

xiǎo sī - manservant; boy servant; guy (derog.)

shào ye - son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific)

yí niáng - maternal aunt; father's concubine (old);

mó mo - (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun

nú bì - slave servant

Sūn Zi - grandson/son's son

cautious and solemn (idiom) - very carefully; prudent; gently and cautiously

like raindrops on a pear blossom - a tear-stained face of a beauty;

to incite a quarrel - to sow discord between people; to tell tales; to make mischief